Be who you are, said the Duchess to Alice, or, if you would like it put more simply, never try to be what you might have been or could have been other than what you should have been.

Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.

Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

And if you take one from three hundred and sixty-five what remains?" "Three hundred and sixty-four, of course." Humpty Dumpty looked doubtful, "I'd rather see that done on paper," he said.

A thick stick in one's hand makes people respectful.

Would you be a poet Before you've been to school? Ah, well! I hardly thought you So absolute a fool.

Why is a raven like a writing desk? - Mad Hatter I haven't the slightest idea. - Alice